Re-Capped: Bottle Cap Art

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | 6:00 PM–7:30 PM

550 Brewing Company | 119 E Chuska St, Aztec, NM 87410

Easy / Beginner-Friendly | All Ages Welcome

$20 | All Materials Included

Pop the Top. Save the Cap. Make the Art.

Bottle caps have completed their original mission. Now they get a second career.

In Re-Capped, the Rusted Rose Art Bar opens up with painted bottle caps, prepared art bases, markers, adhesives, examples, and assorted inspiration. Build a picture, play with pattern, create something abstract, or completely ignore the examples and follow the strange little idea your brain comes up with instead.

This is an open-ended workshop, not a copy-the-instructor project. We'll help with techniques, layout, adhesives, and problem-solving while you decide what your finished piece becomes.

What You'll Create

A one-of-a-kind piece of dimensional bottle cap art. Your project might become an animal, flower, symbol, geometric design, tiny scene, abstract composition, or something we did not know bottle caps were capable of until you showed up.

What You'll Explore

• Color, pattern, repetition, and visual movement

• Layering and texture in dimensional artwork

• Creative reuse and upcycled art

• Turning an idea—or a pile of random materials—into a finished composition

What's Included

• Painted and cleaned bottle caps and assorted reclaimed pieces

• A prepared art base

• Markers, adhesives, and shared Art Bar supplies

• Examples, inspiration, and help when you want it

• Your completed artwork to take home

Perfect For

• Makers who like creative freedom

• Upcycling and Re-Crafted art fans

• Families, friends, and date nights

• Beginners who don't want to make the exact same thing as everyone else

• Anyone with a suspicious inability to throw away interesting little objects

Reserve Your Spot

Space is limited so everyone has room to spread out, dig through the caps, and build. Reserve your seat, grab a drink, and come give the recycling bin some competition.

Hosted at 550 Brewing Company in Aztec, NM—thank you for giving discarded materials and strange ideas a place to become art.

A huge thank you to 550 Brewing Company for partnering with Rusted Rose Studios to bring Crafts & Drafts to Aztec.

Grab a drink before class to get the creativity flowing, then stay afterward for dinner, craft beer, and conversation!